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Originally posted by shavixmirHave you heard the song?
And considering anybody wishing to be British has obviously lost the plot to some extent, nobody should really care one way or the other.
If you had the luck of the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
You should have the luck of the Irish
And you'd wish you was English instead!
Yes, yes, I said british, but I simply remembered wrong. 😕
Originally posted by Jigtie15 years ago, my english teacher said the singular 3rd person 'were' was being replaced with 'was'. but it doesn't seem like it ever happened, except for maybe regionally. every now and then you run into it though, and it isn't because the speaker did it accidentally.
I have a serious problem! A problem I can't solve. Or think the answer too. Lennon song: ...you'd wish you was Brittish.
Shouldn't it be: ...you'd wish you [b]were brittish?
I never quite got when to use "was" and when to use "were", as it was... were... when?.. 😕
Oh, and I'm serious. I really don't know. Anyone?[/b]
only dead languages don't evolve.